Something besides honey in super!

[newbee07]

How do i tell if there is eggs or even larvae in my supers capped honey? Will they even store honey in a cell with something already in it? Some of the cells have a dirt looking spot in the bottom but very few and between.

[Wes Sapp]

They will pack pollen in cells then put a little honey over it to preserve it.

[Robo]

They will also store honey in a cell that has had brood raised in it and the cocoon(s) are still lining the cells.   Not a issue unless you are trying to make comb honey.

[Michael Bush]

>Will they even store honey in a cell with something already in it?

They will not store it over an egg, no.  They will remove the egg first if that is their intent.

[Kirk-o]

Don't worry about it it is a beehive the bees will take care of it
kirko

[Beaches Bee-Haven Apiary]

Also, you can tell the difference between a capped cell with honey in it or larvae. The honey cell has a flat capping over it and the wax is somewhat transparent, so it will look honey-colored. The brood cells will be slightly domed, more with the drone cells, and the capping will be darker, since the bees make the capping out of pollen and wax to create a permeable "breathable" cap.

-Nathanael 8-)

[Michael Bush]

Also the bees will not abandon brood.  They will abandon honey.

[Cindi]

Hmmm.  I came across something that was interesting, but confusing to me, last year.

When I was going through the supers for honey extraction.  When I went to extract some frames, I found that these frames were pollen stores with honey over top of them.  To me they looked like honey frames.

So, my question to put out there is:

How can you tell if the frame is a pollen frame with honey over it, or all honey alone?  Some of these honey covered pollen cells looked the same as only honey cells in my apiary.  Some elaboration on this would be so cool.  Have a wonderful day, great life. Cindi